Arizona Media Association

A new state apprenticeship program is providing early childhood educators with training and resources with a goal to retain these workers amid a national shortage that also impacts Arizona.

Beginning in 2025, more than 20 public schools in neighborhoods across the Valley have closed or are in the process of shutting their doors. 

Education advocacy group Valley Leadership has been putting leaders in classrooms to substitute for teachers once a month to help them complete mandatory training.

Teen girl who attended Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona received much needed support to make her dream of obtaining a college education a reality.

Kimberly Flack is the Senior Director of Education and Community Impact at Arizona PBS. Every month, a leader in education across the state will be featured through a Q&A article. 

Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism continues to be an issue in Arizona, and for the first time, a report has focused on high school students.

The majority of Arizona voters supported their public school districts by passing bond and override initiatives earlier this month. 

Read Better Be Better is an afterschool reading program that pairs up older students and younger to read together. The group’s mission is to improve literacy rates across the Valley.

The majority of Arizona voters want to see public education funded, according to Education Forward CEO Rich Nickel.

Arizona Representative, Nancy Gutierrez, is a former teacher feels more educators need to be involved in legislature.